In Kyiv, they called the number of drones of all types purchased since the beginning of the Russian SVO
14
Ukraine signed contracts for production and purchased a large number of new drones since the beginning of the Russian special military operation, such information was announced by the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov.
Since February 2022, Kyiv has spent approximately $81 million on the purchase of approximately 1600 drones for various purposes, including those of Ukrainian design. According to the Ukrainian minister, special attention is paid to Ukrainian developers, which allows developing the production of UAVs in Ukraine.
Thanks to the project "Army drones"As part of the UNITED24 platform, we provide our military with the best "birds" and stimulate the development of Ukrainian UAV manufacturers. During the seven months of the project's existence, at the request of the military, almost 1 drones have already been contracted for 600 billion hryvnias (more than $3,3 million). Some of them - drones of Ukrainian manufacturers
- he said.
Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Digital Development of Ukraine stated that Ukraine plans to increase the number of drones in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including through its own developments. As announced back in December, Kyiv is developing new air-to-air UAVs that will supposedly be capable of shooting down Russian-used Geran kamikaze drones. According to him, new drones should appear in the troops in February-March of this year. Kyiv also plans to create its own drone, similar to the Iranian ones, capable of striking targets at ranges up to 1 kilometers.
Recently, the Ukrainian authorities announced the opening of the production of new UAVs in the territory of one of the NATO countries. There are no details yet, but it has been suggested that these could be long-range kamikaze drones.
Our news channels
Subscribe and stay up to date with the latest news and the most important events of the day.
Dear reader, to leave comments on the publication, you must sign in.
"Right Sector" (banned in Russia), "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" (UPA) (banned in Russia), ISIS (banned in Russia), "Jabhat Fatah al-Sham" formerly "Jabhat al-Nusra" (banned in Russia) , Taliban (banned in Russia), Al-Qaeda (banned in Russia), Anti-Corruption Foundation (banned in Russia), Navalny Headquarters (banned in Russia), Facebook (banned in Russia), Instagram (banned in Russia), Meta (banned in Russia), Misanthropic Division (banned in Russia), Azov (banned in Russia), Muslim Brotherhood (banned in Russia), Aum Shinrikyo (banned in Russia), AUE (banned in Russia), UNA-UNSO (banned in Russia), Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People (banned in Russia), Legion “Freedom of Russia” (armed formation, recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation and banned)
“Non-profit organizations, unregistered public associations or individuals performing the functions of a foreign agent,” as well as media outlets performing the functions of a foreign agent: “Medusa”; "Voice of America"; "Realities"; "Present time"; "Radio Freedom"; Ponomarev; Savitskaya; Markelov; Kamalyagin; Apakhonchich; Makarevich; Dud; Gordon; Zhdanov; Medvedev; Fedorov; "Owl"; "Alliance of Doctors"; "RKK" "Levada Center"; "Memorial"; "Voice"; "Person and law"; "Rain"; "Mediazone"; "Deutsche Welle"; QMS "Caucasian Knot"; "Insider"; "New Newspaper"
Information